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The theft of names and email addresses from Epsilon has reached across the Atlantic. Last week I received notification from two UK companies, one of which is a household and high street name, Marks and Spencer, the other is Crucial UK, who will be familiar to almost anyone who has bought computer memory. I've included the content from both of
Back with Microsoft for a more consumer oriented evening. This time it's going to be Windows Media Centre, Home Server, Xbox, Kinect and more on the phones. First up is Microsoft Home Server 2011 - every house should have one. As standard it's a media server, dishing out photos, music and videos. Usual DLNA stuff. Microsoft provides a remote site
Microsoft's TechNet Live Tour is giving a half day seminar on the cloud and what it means for the IT professional. I've been invited along so, for a change, I'm going to try a bit of a "live blog" approach, just typing as I go. It's going to cover Windows Intune, Small Business Server 2011, Office 365, Dynamics CRM 2011,
As regular listeners to the podcast will know, the Geek News Central website is powered by Wordpress. Until now, I've always used the web interface to write posts. "It works" is about the kindest thing you can say about it. Browsing the Palm App Catalog, I came across Poster for Wordpress, an app that allows blogging from the Palm Pre
Sony has debuted two new DAB+ radios, the XDR-C706DBP clock radio and the XDR-S16DBP portable radio. Both radios can received DAB and FM broadcasts too. DAB+ is an enhanced version of DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting), which is being rolled out in several European countries and Australia and the main difference between DAB and DAB+ is support for more efficient codecs
Sony has dropped two quite different headphones onto the market, one a wireless headset for cord-free listening and the other a set of noise-cancelling earbuds. The MDR-RF865RK headphones are traditional over the ear cans with plenty of padding, finished in what appears to be a dark graphite grey. However, they have the further benefit of being wireless with a 100m
Buffalo Technology has had a busy month with updates to the TeraStation, LinkStation, DriveStation and MiniStation ranges. Starting out at the beginning of the month, the new TeraStation NAS range was announced consisting of the Duo, 4 bay, 6 bay and 8 bay versions, all now powered by Intel's Atom D510 processor. The new models also come with two USB